Skip to content
Home
Favourites
0
Advanced search
Shopping cart
0
Register
Log in
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
The image library for the collections of Edinburgh Libraries and Museums and Galleries
Images of Edinburgh
Browse map
Area A - Z
Browse by date
Exhibitions
Current exhibition
All exhibitions
Collections
About the collections
Browse by theme
Subject A - Z
Palace Cinema, 15 Princes Street 1955
Unknown, 1955, Photograph
Palace Cinema, 15 Princes Street 1955
Palace Cinema, 15 Princes Street 1955
Add to favourites
Share
Item record
About this image
Related
Location
Category
Library Item
Item no
21056
Title
Palace Cinema, 15 Princes Street 1955
Description
Three girls push a pram past the closed Palace Picture House on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Two men with dogs stand near to the tram stop in front of the cinema. The first floor windows above the entrance are boarded up and there is a 'Sold by' sign displayed in the central window space.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1955
Size
20.9 x 165 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
In the fifties, cinema faced competition from the small screen in the home: television. In 1955, cinema admissions in the UK were 1,182 million compared to 1,635 million in 1946. Cinema makers introduced new technologies and novelty factors to attract audiences back to the big screen. Wide-screen and enhanced colour were developed and 3-D cinema was a short-lived phenomenon where audience members had to wear special glasses. Even Smell-o-vision, where scents were pumped into the auditorium, was trialled.
Find out more about
Edinburgh's cinemas
past and present.
Exhibitions with this item
Going to the pictures
Other views of this item
Related images
Related subjects
People
>
Adults
>
Men
People
>
Adults
>
Women
People
>
Children
>
Babies
Places
>
Edinburgh areas
>
Princes Street
Places
>
Scotland
>
Edinburgh
Sport and leisure
>
Culture
>
Cinemas
Transport
>
Land
>
Prams
More like this